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DURING recent work on alkaloid biogenesis in Atropa belladonna, the results of which will be published elsewhere, we used James's method for demonstrating alkaloids in solanaceous meristems1. This method is based on the formation of a red precipitate around a piece of plant tissue as a result of the diffusion of alkaloid in a potassium iodide–iodine solution (Bouchardat's reagent).
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VAN HAGA, P. Alkaloids in Germinating Seeds of Atropa belladonna . Nature 173, 692 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173692a0
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